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Historic Jamestowne
African Influences on Colonial Cuisine
sesame plant

 

The three peoples of Jamestown - Virginia Indian, English and African - had their own unique foodways. Please click on the words below to learn more about foods associated with African cuisine.

 

Peanut/Groundnut

Rice

Okra

Watermelon

Cucumbers

Hot Peppers

Yams/Sweet Potatoes

Sesame Seed

Eggplant

Black-eyed Peas
White mulberries of Jamestown  

Did You Know?
English settlers were encouraged to plant mulberry trees to help their silk production attempts. (Silkworms eat mulberry leaves.) Red mulberry is native to North America but the silkworms preferred the white mulberries of the Orient. Today Jamestown has both red and white mulberry trees.

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Last Updated: January 25, 2009 at 15:37 EST